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We believe that education is not just the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.

About Us

Riverstone Montessori School (RMS) provides an authentic Montessori education, offering multi-aged classrooms with experienced and certified Montessori Teachers. Located in the heart of ever-growing Riverstone, we pride ourselves in being a community-driven learning environment that celebrates diversity and appreciates our differences. We strive to help our kids become respectful, responsible, and compassionate individuals.

At RMS, we understand that each child learns differently, and therefore our teachers create individualized journeys for every student, using Montessori materials.

“Every child is at the center of our Focus.”

“Imagine, Explore, Discover, and Grow” is at the core of everything we do.
As a school, we promote collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving within a framework of child-directed learning. Students are encouraged and expected to think outside the box to expand their creativity while maintaining a structured and orderly
environment.
Everything done in Montessori serves as a learning
opportunity.

Mission Statement

We understand that every child learns differently!

The mission of RMS is to create a learning environment that promotes a love for learning that carries on for a lifetime. By individualizing the learning path for each child based on their curiosity and abilities, we strive to ensure that each child reaches his or her highest potential.

Our Staff

The teacher's task is first to nourish and assist, to watch, encourage, guide, induce, rather than to interfere, prescribe , or restrict.

Montessori trained and certified teachers

Conscientiously prepare a learning environment that is engaging, enlightening, and challenging

Nurturing and supportive

Career

Careers that make a difference in children’s lives every day!

We’re building a better future, and we want you to be part of it. We want bright, talented individuals to make a difference in a child’s life and inspire them for the future.

The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn.

Maria Montessori & teaching Method

Montessori education instills a love of learning in the child that will last throughout their whole life. The most basic principle in Dr. Montessori’s method is that the learning capacity of a young mind is great; she calls this: “the absorbent mind”. By the age of three, the child has already laid down the foundations of his/her personality as a human being. This is why it is crucial for young children to able to learn by exploration in a “prepared environment” - a Montessori classroom. A Montessori classroom will invite the child through learning materials which will help them develop into confident, capable, competent, and compassionate human beings.

At Riverstone Montessori, we believe that education is an aid and a preparation for life. Our Curriculum is based on Dr. Maria Montessori’s findings about the key developmental stages children move through from birth to age six.

Montessori Curriculum

The Montessori Curriculum is an innovative learning framework that incorporates specific learning outcomes and knowledge skills that align with children’s developmental needs and interests. It is divided into five key areas of learning: practical life, sensorial, mathematics, language, and culture. As children progress through the Montessori Curriculum, they encounter more challenging learning materials that are appropriate to both age and skill levels. In this way, the Montessori Curriculum emphasis learning as a process that cannot be determined by a child’s age.

Language

Language materials are designed to enhance vocabulary and explore both written and spoken language. Through language-based activities, such as the sandpaper letters and the moveable alphabet, children learn phonetic sounds and how to compose words phonetically. They progress using concrete materials to compose their own written work, read the work of others, and learn to communicate their unique thoughts and feelings.

Sensorial Material

Sensorial materials were designed by Dr. Maria Montessori to help children express and classify their sensory experiences. The purpose of sensorial activities is to aid in the development of the intellectual senses of the child, which develops the ability to observe and compare with precision. There are sensorial materials that focus on visual perception, tactile impressions, auditory sense, and olfactory and taste perceptions. Activities often include matching and grading materials that isolate the sense of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.

Mathematics

Mathematical concepts are introduced to the child using concrete sensorial materials. Initial explorations with sensorial materials encourage children to understand basic maths concepts such as learning number recognition, counting and sequencing of numbers. Sensorial work prepares the child for a more formal introduction to mathematics, and the introduction of abstract mathematical concepts such as the decimal system and mathematical operations.

Practical Life

Practical Life activities help children learn how to care for themselves and their environment. These activities help the child to become more independent, leading to greater self-confidence, and the ability to face new challenges. Practical Life exercises include lessons in grace and courtesy, care for self, and care for the environment. The purpose of these activities is to enhance co-ordination, concentration, independence, and indirectly prepare children for writing and reading. Activities often include cleaning, food preparation, polishing and watering plants.

Culture

Cultural activities lead the child to experience music, stories, artwork and items from the child’s community, society and cultural background. The areas of geography, science, zoology and botany are all included in this area. A range of globes, puzzle maps and folders containing pictures from different countries all help to give the child an insight into different cultures. The culture area encourages children to develop their capacity for creation, and develop fine motor skills.

Mixed Age Groups

Montessori classrooms are mixed age groups, this grouping creates a highly productive learning environment. Each child works on material that is geared toward their ability and interest. When children of different age levels are able to work on individual materials along side one another, this produces a non-competitive atmosphere. In fact, most children excel beyond the “average age expectations.”

Divided By Age

Traditional classrooms are divided by age and have specific curriculum for the age group. Once the child has mastered that curriculum, there is no room for advancement. Which often leads to boredom and disciplinary problems. On the other hand, if the curriculum is too advanced for the child, they also tend to lose interest and act out in various ways.

Individual Lessons

In the Montessori classroom, the teacher has prepared the environment which contains materials that correspond to specific developmental stages. Under the teacher’s guidance, the children are given free choices to select material to work on. The teacher respects the spontaneous and individual interests while giving the child the opportunity to pursue them.

Equal Lessons

In the traditional classroom children are given equal lessons geared toward the average age ability to complete, whether they are ready for it or not. Therefore, a child that is slower than average or more advanced will lose interest, become bored, and have trouble in school.

Concrete Learning

The Montessori method is based on Concrete learning which is hands-on manipulation of materials. The child learns by exploration through their senses. For instance, math lessons are presented by using materials. By combining this equipment, separating it, counting it, and comparing it, the child gains a solid understanding of the quantity values placed on written number symbols.

Abstract Learning

Abstract learning is based on verbal and visual information. This means that the child is memorizing the information often, without understanding the whole concept. For instance, math lessons often are based on workbook formats and rely on number memorization, which is difficult for children without having a solid grasp on the quantity values placed on written number symbols